New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1923, Page 13

" T0 DEAD OR ST INTRAIN WRECK (Continued trom First Page) Quiney passenger train No, 80, plunged through a bridge 14 miles Rl of Casper late last night into Cole Creek. The train was made up in Casper and left here at 8:35 last night for Denver, where it was due at 10:50 this mornin The wreck occurred at an isolated spot near Lockett and it was not until hours afterward that some of the de- ;‘llll of the accident heeame known ere, Plunges Into Oreek The train plunged into the Cole k, swollen to many times its nor mal depth because of cloudbursts and heavy rains, and passengers were en- gulfed in the raging torrent that poured through the channel with little or no chance of escape, The wrecking erew sent from Cas- per found upon arriving at the soens of the tragedy that the work of at. tempting to rescue those caught In the crash was practically impossible during the night because of the dark- ness and flood conditions, Little Hope for Victims An officlal message from the scenn of the wreck last night told of the difficulties under which the rescuers were working and held out little hope for the many passengers known to have been In the coaches and smoking car, The engine crew and the baggage and mall employessare also belleved to have lost their lives, the engine and coaches being completely under water. Beven doctors from Casper dressed the injuries of those cut by glass and sustaining brulses but reported that there was none dangerously injured. Spectacular Rescues, The rescue of elght persons, in- eluding women and a baby was one of t{he most specttacular features of the wreck. A rope was run from the pasgenger coach to the Glenrock side of the creek and seven made thelr way to. the shore working their way over the rope, hand over hand. An unidentified man remained on the coach to the last directing the rescue and made the last trip by him- self, drrying an infant with him. to two chalr cars and.two sleepers. oar A the wregk occurred,” Wyatt ld"." “The train seemed to slacken its speed suddenly and there the car | was in went toppling ever, the frent part resting ou the hed of the river and the rear painting up in the alr, Escape Up a Rope. “There was no serambling er com- motion, everybody just set to work opening thelr windows and getifhyg out, A sleeping ear porter passed me & rope with which he dragged me up on the bank and | ecounted six others besides myself who espaped, Seven Men Drowned, “There were at Jeast seven men in the smoking econfpartment in the front and I am sure they lost their ives, “It appeared a eloudburst had occurred recently as the river receded two feet before 1 started baeck for Casper,” According to previous reports, the smoking car was ‘erowded with men, The local ticket agent reported that he had sold 66 tickets from Casper for this train Official Railroad Report An officlal rallroad message from ko scene of the wreck late last night was as follows: “Sleeper standing on one end, bank caged off and sleeper fell in stream, now covered with water; one end of chair car above water, Two pas- sengers got out of this ear, Coach and smoker, baggage and mall car under water, “Water running so high and swift, unable to work from west bank. Number of people on east side doing ull they can to assist, Out of a totih of 32 Pullman passengoers on No, 80 twenty-eight have been accounted for. “Pullman conductor thinks two cthers got away safely. “Lost porter in head sleeping car. Train conductor lost unless he got on east side. Cannot say about engine crew, Undoubtedly considerable number of passengers In smoker and coaches lost “Doing all we can for ' rel people in coaches and smoker. able to make 'nore definite report until daylight. Detalls later. wil need wrecker at enst side, pile driver outfit complete with material for 20 spans.” This message was recelved from the Burlington superintendent, who went to the scene of the wreck. Seven Cars On Train The train was composed of a mall, baggage and express car, in addition rellef of Un- Four lost their lives in the Casper "Fhe wisch ‘seoured 1 &1 sowtd iI’RANGE‘S SILENT PREMIER part of the weral mil | ::::‘.::‘I::h::‘oc.vlmflu;:le:n:‘:m;:nz‘ spms DAYS m “lfl"cf;:l:\‘ln'umtn; out of the ministry of obtain accurate information, Norfolk, Neb., Sept tion received in Chicage and North.| western offices here shortly before| noon was that 67 persons perished 1n | the Burlingeon wreck Wyo., tracks run on opposite sides of river at the scene of the wreck, Washington, Sept, 28.—The weather clgarette in his hand; Poincare always | bureau reported at 10 a, m, today that [ has a pen, | the tropical storm off the south At- : lantiq coast was centered at approxi- |few callers, and exeept for Count Per. (& strike were &ranted wage increases mately latitude 32, longitude 75 and |retti de |a Rocea, director at the min- moving hurricane velocity have heen recorded, | mitte, Poinears sees hardly any one. |there will be no strike, RMUILE 100 M0 T?”"', who sleeper while the others weye drowned Dan T. MCQ““';’ f"e n:‘r::»:;' mq‘,_ {in the day coach, smoker and baggage b s p“,““f:; f;‘rl!t‘ln glve news 5t/ and express cars. The express car was in his opinfon at least 100 livea were | ler, Fireman Mallon and C°“‘:“"l‘“("' lost. Other survivors were of the |I'rank G‘";‘;]' "‘:‘“T“"‘ arereporLeq Lo O y i have lost their lives. same opinion and the night Burling- & ton dispatcher here when told of Mc- W ‘_‘"““‘:‘ l"f‘;’::":: finr:'?\!:fkenod Quaid's statement sald that the-loss| ;ha tl:inr““';‘kh ‘"ft Mankend i . st X ridge, ove v jus '“oumfl?\?e:'nlplucl::‘:rt’!‘nrfl'm previously a heavily loaded freight 1 passed. geveral men and women managed | train had p to crawl from the coaches shich| The engine Ilnr‘l' tender had gone plunged into the river and, clinging to over the bridge when the’ colla;]:m; the top, of the cars, screamed for help, ;fl";“ "‘ ':: éh&r';“:t‘“ofl‘? was pulle according to Henry Wyatt of Casper, [ back In 0 3 who was a passenger in a sleeping car ‘Cars Swept Down Stream which plunged half way Into the| The’express.and baggage cars to- river and remained standing on end, | Rether with the day coach were car- “Nothing ecould be done to save|ried into the flood with the forward them,” Mr. Wyatt declared, “as the portion of the Casper sleeper, nosing river way a raging torrent.” into the stream and drowning four in > the smoking compartment. 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